kate24

kate24 specializes in L&D, Postpartum, Nursery, Med/Surg/Tele.

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1. Would you pick a small or large facility?

   kate24 replied to kate24's topic in Travel

   Thank you for your input. I am not against working at a small hospital and have done so for the past 12+ years. I am more concerned with being the only L&D RN in house and having my you-know-what flapping in the breeze.:wink2:

2. Would you pick a small or large facility?

   kate24 posted a topic in Travel

   I am an L&D nurse with 9 years experience at a small community hospital that sees about 400 deliveries a year. I would like feedback/opinions on whether you think I would be better off at a small facility that only sees about 230 deliveries a ye...

3. How do you secure your own housing?

   kate24 posted a topic in Travel

   I am going to take my first assignment and was thinking of finding my own housing to pocket the surplus, but I don't know how to go about securing housing in a rural area I know nothing about. If anyone has ideas of how to find temporary housing, I ...

4. Sending a patient home w/o a physician's d/c order

   kate24 replied to kate24's topic in General Nursing

   Perhaps I did not phrase my question correctly. Has anyone else had a similar experience?

5. Sending a patient home w/o a physician's d/c order

   kate24 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was terminated after 12 years (9 spent on our OB unit) in a small community hospital for sending a baby home w/o a physician's order. I know that I have done this before and other nurses have too (never intentionally). Usually the physician will ...